Alfre Woodard
Acting

Alfre Woodard

Born 8 November 1952 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 12 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys.

Known for

Captain America: Civil War
12 Years a Slave
Grey's Anatomy
The Lion King
Annabelle
The Gray Man
Primal Fear
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K-PAX
Dinosaur
The Core
True Blood
The Inquisitor
Summer Camp
The Book of Clarence
Salem's Lot
Weathering
Space Oddity
The Gray Man
Fatherhood
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
The Lion King
Clemency
Juanita
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
No Small Matter
Saint Judy
Burning Sands
So B. It
Captain America: Civil War
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mississippi Grind
Knucklehead
Annabelle
12 Years a Slave
Steel Magnolias
Black Panther
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Reach for Me
Medal of Honor
American Violet
Henry Box Brown
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Take the Lead
The Water Is Wide
King Leopold's Ghost
Something New
Beauty Shop
The Forgotten
The Core
A Wrinkle in Time
Radio
The Singing Detective
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
K-PAX
Disney's American Legends
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Dinosaur
Love & Basketball
Holiday Heart
Lost Souls
What's Cooking?
John Henry
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Eleanor Roosevelt
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Mumford
Funny Valentines
The Wishing Tree
Down in the Delta
Follow Me Home
Miss Evers' Boys
The Member of the Wedding
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Seven Candles For Kwanzaa
Star Trek: First Contact
Primal Fear
A Step Toward Tomorrow
Special Report: Journey to Mars
How to Make an American Quilt
The Piano Lesson
Crooklyn
Blue Chips
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Aliens for Breakfast
Bopha!
Heart and Souls
Passion Fish
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Rich in Love
Grand Canyon
Blue Bayou
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Miss Firecracker
Scrooged
The Child Saver
Mandela
Unnatural Causes
Extremities
L.A. Law: Pilot
Words by Heart
Puss in Boots
Sweet Revenge
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Killing Floor
Cross Creek
The Ambush Murders
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Precious Blood
HealtH
Freedom Road
Remember My Name
The Trial of the Moke
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